The Bush Administration chided Congress for ‘restrictive language...
The Bush Administration chided Congress for “restrictive language” that would prohibit reforms to the Universal Service Fund program in the Commerce-Justice- State appropriations bill, according to a Sept. 8 memo from the Office of Management & Budget. OMB objects…
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to Section 520 of the bill, which the Senate passed 2 weeks ago, that prohibits the FCC from using any funds from the bill to make changes to USF payments implementing last year’s Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service recommendations on USF payments. OMB said this provision would prevent reforms to improve the “fairness and efficiency of the program and potentially reduce burdens on telephone ratepayers.”